Designing tools, methods, and systems to understand and address societal fragmentation.
Cambridge, MA
Joined May 2014
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MIT Center for Constructive Communication retweeted
This work was done with awesome collaborators @_maggatronn @bcroygbiv @dkroy @jad_kabbara from @MIT @CCCatMIT @medialab
Make sure to check out Brandon’s presentation on Friday Nov 7, Room A109 at 10:30!
Paper link: aclanthology.org/2025.emnlp-…
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MIT Center for Constructive Communication retweeted
Congrats to the honorees in the 2025 MIT Prize for Open Data, including @CCCatMIT students Maggie Hughes + Cassandra Overney! Presented by @MITLibraries + @ScienceMIT, the prize recognizes projects that exemplify the principles + impact of open data. media.mit.edu/posts/honorabl…
MIT Center for Constructive Communication retweeted
A flagship project of @CCCatMIT, realtalk@MIT brings members of the MIT community together in guided, small-group conversations aimed at building trust and connections among classmates and colleagues. betterworld.mit.edu/spectrum…
MIT Center for Constructive Communication retweeted
Excited to be in Yokohama 🇯🇵 for my first ever CHI!
Presenting today work on a human-AI collaboration tool for the analysis and interpretation of facilitated conversations. 3:10 PM - G412
Looking forward to an exciting #CHI2025 and to chats about HCI x NLP
@medialab @CCCatMIT
MIT Center for Constructive Communication retweeted
Today, in partnership with @Mila and @CIFAR, the Centre is launching “Deliberative Approaches to Inclusive Governance,” a 7-part essay series exploring how deliberative democratic processes can strengthen #AI governance. 🧵
Read it here: tinyurl.com/4xdv2nrw
MIT Center for Constructive Communication retweeted
@dkroy, professor at MIT and co-founder of @Cortico, @lessig, professor at Harvard Law School, and @audreyt of @mozilla and @pro_jectliberty, explore how “digital conversation networks”—platforms for structured discussion—offer an opportunity to rebuild democratic engagement.
MIT Center for Constructive Communication retweeted
If you’re at #COLING2025, come to Poster 3 at the 1:30 PM poster session to learn about context collapse across social conversations and how to address that with LLMs. (Otherwise, guaranteed bad luck for 7 years!)
Work led by @shremoha @CCCatMIT @medialab
#NLProc @coling2025
MIT Center for Constructive Communication retweeted
For the @MITboston’s “Mind and Machine” series, Media Lab Prof. Deb Roy (@CCCatMIT) discusses his approach to creating spaces for listening and understanding in an age of polarization. alumcommunity.mit.edu/topics…
ALT Portrait of Deb Roy, wearing a black polo shirt and standing against a white background with his arms crossed. Credit: Diana Levine
MIT Center for Constructive Communication retweeted
A Cambridge Science Festival 2024 panel featuring Audrey Tang, Deb Roy, and Claudia Chwalisz explored how AI can amplify diverse voices in democracy.
Watch the full talk here:
youtube.com/watch?v=T7Ilbu-2…
@audreyt @ClaudiaChwalisz @dkroy @DemocracyNext @CCCatMIT
MIT Center for Constructive Communication retweeted
During a recent keynote panel at @harvard, Media Lab Prof. Deb Roy (@CCCatMIT), Media Lab alum Dr. @zephoria, Prof. @zittrain, and Prof. @GordPennycook considered ways to improve online space and conversations. The panel was included in an afternoon-long series of discussions titled “Beyond Discourse Dumpster Fires." news.harvard.edu/gazette/sto…
ALT L–R: Jonathan Zittrain, danah boyd, Deb Roy, and Gordon Pennycook sit in tall chairs at the front of a meeting room. There is a projection screen behind them, covering a portion of the nearly floor-to-ceiling windows that make up one wall of the room. The audience is arrayed in front of them.
MIT Center for Constructive Communication retweeted
Check out the paper
arxiv.org/abs/2409.05283
Thanks to my amazing co-authors @wwbrannon, @shremoha, @CassandraOvern1, @elinorpd_, @jad_kabbara, and @dkroy from the MIT Center for Constructive Communication @CCCatMIT for making this work possible!
MIT Center for Constructive Communication retweeted
Today our Learning & Practice duo took the stage—only this time an ocean apart. Kim is in Cambridge, MA leading a conversation facilitation training at @CCCatMIT, while Vy is in Porto, Portugal, at @JAWorldwide's Alumni Summit presenting on Cortico's approach.
Go team!
MIT Center for Constructive Communication retweeted
Hello ACL 2024! @CCCatMIT made it to Bangkok 🇹🇭! Come find us in the hallways or at one of the following:
Today at 11 AM poster session: legal storytelling w/ @hjian42
Tuesday 10:30 AM poster session: Fora w/ @Schropes
Thursday @textgraphs 9:30 AM: ConGraT w/ @wwbrannon
MIT Center for Constructive Communication retweeted
How could we empower communities and make of the internet a safer place for youth? Algorithms are increasingly shaping their lives.
At @IC2S2 covering design opportunities for our new decentralized social network!
📜 : arxiv.org/abs/2406.08420
@CCCatMIT : ccc.mit.edu/project/project-…
MIT Center for Constructive Communication retweeted
Check out how our co-founder, @dkroy, is transforming online discourse to foster healthier public dialogue. From his personal journey to pioneering work at @CCCatMIT, don't miss this profile by Project Liberty!
email.projectliberty.io/how-…
MIT Center for Constructive Communication retweeted
Live from @medialab! Today, we're at @CCCatMIT annual symposium, showcasing how Cortico's Fora platform is revolutionizing dialogue. See moments from our project demos, bringing community convos & tech together to build spaces where every voice is heard, & every story is valued.
MIT Center for Constructive Communication retweeted
Thanks @CCCatMIT for a fascinating set of convos yesterday on trust & human connection in the age of AI & social networks. Lots of implications for organizing & leading social & systemic change in bolder, more equitable & inclusive ways. The view was nice, too. ;-)
MIT Center for Constructive Communication retweeted
Exciting to share our work PersonaLLM! We have
➡️ Conducted experiments to see if LLMs can generate content that effectively express personality traits
➡️ Compared LLM vs. human-written stories
➡️ Assessed human perception accuracy, informed or uninformed of AI’s authorship
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